It doesn’t happen too often that a sequel to a good film turns out to be even better, and I have to admit I was very pleasantly surprised when I got to see "Bride Of Re-Animator" on this DVD from Pioneer. I greatly enjoyed Stuart Gordon’s [...]
I like movies that don’t correspond to one particular genre. The kind of film that seems to be many different things at once. The problems with films that defy pigeonholing is that they are hard to market and they often go unnoticed by the public. [...]
Based on a novel by horror master Stephen King, "Salem’s Lot" is a dark vampire story, taking place in a Maine small town, as typical for King’s work. The novel is actually King’s second book, first published in 1975 and it shows much of [...]
If there were a price for the most misleading packaging for a movie, one where the creators of the publicity materials either completely missed the meaning of the film or purposefully tried to veil it, I believe this prize would have to got to Sterling [...]
"The Blair Witch Project" is a little independent film that has gone on to make it really, really big. The film was produced with a very small budget – somewhere around $30,000 – which really adds to its charm and believability. The [...]
Since it’s first introduction into the market in the early 1950s, the "Tales From The Crypt" comic books have been an ongoing phenomenon that attracted countless children and adults of various generations with its gruesome stories and the [...]
When I say the words "Disney horror movie", what do you think of? "Flubber?" "My Favorite Martian?" Well, in the early 80s, Disney tried its hand at horror films with "Something Wicked This Way Comes", based on the [...]
If you go to our "Halloween Chopping List", you will see five films listed under the category of "Slashers." That means that there are about another 995 movies that could fit under that category. OK, that may be an exaggeration, but [...]
Making a sequel is never easy due to the scrutiny that the film will come under. It is inevitable that the sequel will be compared to the original and not seen as an independent entity. You have to have guts to make a sequel to a classic film. And you [...]
After having gotten a close look at the first disc from the "Nightmare On Elm Street" series a little while ago, it was now time to examine the entire 8-disc box set that New Line Home Video released. According to New Line this massive release [...]
